GivenUpTheGhost
@fishfarts.bsky.social
The obsession with short-term gains over long-term stability is toxic. Companies chase quarterly profits, cut corners, and exploit workers, all while ignoring sustainability. It’s shortsighted greed that risks future growth, damages trust, and leaves employees, customers, and the planet worse off.
December 6, 2024 at 11:50 AM
The obsession with short-term gains over long-term stability is toxic. Companies chase quarterly profits, cut corners, and exploit workers, all while ignoring sustainability. It’s shortsighted greed that risks future growth, damages trust, and leaves employees, customers, and the planet worse off.
CEO pay in the U.S. is out of control. In 2023, the average CEO made $27.8 million a year—that’s 399 times what the average worker earns at $70,000. Back in 1978, it was only 30:1. This kind of greed, with stock bonuses driving the gap, destroys trust, kills morale, and hurts companies long-term.
December 6, 2024 at 11:47 AM
CEO pay in the U.S. is out of control. In 2023, the average CEO made $27.8 million a year—that’s 399 times what the average worker earns at $70,000. Back in 1978, it was only 30:1. This kind of greed, with stock bonuses driving the gap, destroys trust, kills morale, and hurts companies long-term.
The media’s bias toward high-profile cases over systemic issues is a huge problem. It feeds into societal inequities, normalizing failures that hurt the most vulnerable. By focusing on drama & elite stories, the media dehumanizes real victims & ignores the accountability needed to drive real change
December 6, 2024 at 11:42 AM
The media’s bias toward high-profile cases over systemic issues is a huge problem. It feeds into societal inequities, normalizing failures that hurt the most vulnerable. By focusing on drama & elite stories, the media dehumanizes real victims & ignores the accountability needed to drive real change
December 1, 2024 at 6:20 AM
If you have the time today I strongly urge you to #DelecateSoundOfThunder by #PinkFloyd. This is one of my favorite live performances of all time. The atmosphere, the lyrics, the guitar riffs, it's got it all.
November 30, 2024 at 7:53 PM
If you have the time today I strongly urge you to #DelecateSoundOfThunder by #PinkFloyd. This is one of my favorite live performances of all time. The atmosphere, the lyrics, the guitar riffs, it's got it all.
Why when I search #youtubemusic for #thegold by #ManchesterOrchestra is the first result @phoebebridgers1.bsky.social? I like the Bridgers version but I feel like the original should be first.
November 29, 2024 at 3:44 PM
Why when I search #youtubemusic for #thegold by #ManchesterOrchestra is the first result @phoebebridgers1.bsky.social? I like the Bridgers version but I feel like the original should be first.
Both parties cater to donors, not workers:
Top 1% makes 40% of campaign donations.
Union membership hit a record low of 10.1% in 2022.
The middle class needs leaders, not lobbyists.
Top 1% makes 40% of campaign donations.
Union membership hit a record low of 10.1% in 2022.
The middle class needs leaders, not lobbyists.
November 28, 2024 at 11:55 PM
Both parties cater to donors, not workers:
Top 1% makes 40% of campaign donations.
Union membership hit a record low of 10.1% in 2022.
The middle class needs leaders, not lobbyists.
Top 1% makes 40% of campaign donations.
Union membership hit a record low of 10.1% in 2022.
The middle class needs leaders, not lobbyists.
The Inflation Reduction Act (2022) made strides but fell short:
13% of middle-class households qualified for major tax credits.
Housing aid is 25% below 2001 levels.
Debt relief left borrowers with $20K average still owed.
13% of middle-class households qualified for major tax credits.
Housing aid is 25% below 2001 levels.
Debt relief left borrowers with $20K average still owed.
November 28, 2024 at 11:55 PM
The Inflation Reduction Act (2022) made strides but fell short:
13% of middle-class households qualified for major tax credits.
Housing aid is 25% below 2001 levels.
Debt relief left borrowers with $20K average still owed.
13% of middle-class households qualified for major tax credits.
Housing aid is 25% below 2001 levels.
Debt relief left borrowers with $20K average still owed.
The 2017 tax cuts mirrored past failures:
Top 5% got 82% of benefits.
Corporations spent $806B on stock buybacks.
National debt soared $1.9T (4 years).
The middle class gained crumbs.
Top 5% got 82% of benefits.
Corporations spent $806B on stock buybacks.
National debt soared $1.9T (4 years).
The middle class gained crumbs.
November 28, 2024 at 11:54 PM
The 2017 tax cuts mirrored past failures:
Top 5% got 82% of benefits.
Corporations spent $806B on stock buybacks.
National debt soared $1.9T (4 years).
The middle class gained crumbs.
Top 5% got 82% of benefits.
Corporations spent $806B on stock buybacks.
National debt soared $1.9T (4 years).
The middle class gained crumbs.
2008 Crisis: $700B Wall Street bailout vs. $46B for homeowners.
12M foreclosures by 2011.
By 2013, the top 1% regained 95% of lost wealth.
The middle class was left reeling.
12M foreclosures by 2011.
By 2013, the top 1% regained 95% of lost wealth.
The middle class was left reeling.
November 28, 2024 at 11:54 PM
2008 Crisis: $700B Wall Street bailout vs. $46B for homeowners.
12M foreclosures by 2011.
By 2013, the top 1% regained 95% of lost wealth.
The middle class was left reeling.
12M foreclosures by 2011.
By 2013, the top 1% regained 95% of lost wealth.
The middle class was left reeling.
Bush’s 2001/2003 tax cuts favored the wealthy:
Top 1% got 38% of benefits; bottom 60% got 14%.
Debt rose $1.8T (2001–2010).
Public investment shrank, hurting the middle class.
Top 1% got 38% of benefits; bottom 60% got 14%.
Debt rose $1.8T (2001–2010).
Public investment shrank, hurting the middle class.
November 28, 2024 at 11:53 PM
Bush’s 2001/2003 tax cuts favored the wealthy:
Top 1% got 38% of benefits; bottom 60% got 14%.
Debt rose $1.8T (2001–2010).
Public investment shrank, hurting the middle class.
Top 1% got 38% of benefits; bottom 60% got 14%.
Debt rose $1.8T (2001–2010).
Public investment shrank, hurting the middle class.
Clinton’s 1999 repeal of Glass-Steagall let banks gamble with savings:
$7T risky assets created (1999–2008).
Homeowners lost $9T wealth in the crash.
By 2010, 25% were underwater on mortgages.
$7T risky assets created (1999–2008).
Homeowners lost $9T wealth in the crash.
By 2010, 25% were underwater on mortgages.
November 28, 2024 at 11:53 PM
Clinton’s 1999 repeal of Glass-Steagall let banks gamble with savings:
$7T risky assets created (1999–2008).
Homeowners lost $9T wealth in the crash.
By 2010, 25% were underwater on mortgages.
$7T risky assets created (1999–2008).
Homeowners lost $9T wealth in the crash.
By 2010, 25% were underwater on mortgages.
Clinton’s NAFTA (1994) gutted manufacturing jobs:
682,900 U.S. jobs lost to Mexico by 2010.
Michigan factory jobs halved (1994–2010).
Displaced workers saw wages drop 20%.
A promise of growth became a crisis for workers.
682,900 U.S. jobs lost to Mexico by 2010.
Michigan factory jobs halved (1994–2010).
Displaced workers saw wages drop 20%.
A promise of growth became a crisis for workers.
November 28, 2024 at 11:52 PM
Clinton’s NAFTA (1994) gutted manufacturing jobs:
682,900 U.S. jobs lost to Mexico by 2010.
Michigan factory jobs halved (1994–2010).
Displaced workers saw wages drop 20%.
A promise of growth became a crisis for workers.
682,900 U.S. jobs lost to Mexico by 2010.
Michigan factory jobs halved (1994–2010).
Displaced workers saw wages drop 20%.
A promise of growth became a crisis for workers.
In the 1980s, Reagan’s tax cuts for the wealthy promised growth but delivered inequality:
CEO pay soared 1,200% (1978–2020) vs. 18% for workers.
Union membership fell from 23% to 16% by 1990.
The middle class paid the price.
CEO pay soared 1,200% (1978–2020) vs. 18% for workers.
Union membership fell from 23% to 16% by 1990.
The middle class paid the price.
November 28, 2024 at 11:52 PM
In the 1980s, Reagan’s tax cuts for the wealthy promised growth but delivered inequality:
CEO pay soared 1,200% (1978–2020) vs. 18% for workers.
Union membership fell from 23% to 16% by 1990.
The middle class paid the price.
CEO pay soared 1,200% (1978–2020) vs. 18% for workers.
Union membership fell from 23% to 16% by 1990.
The middle class paid the price.
@johniadarola.bsky.social giving you a follow after watching the video with @dariarose.bsky.social
November 28, 2024 at 11:39 PM
@johniadarola.bsky.social giving you a follow after watching the video with @dariarose.bsky.social
@dariarose.bsky.social hello! Giving you a follow after your TYT with John.
November 28, 2024 at 11:38 PM
@dariarose.bsky.social hello! Giving you a follow after your TYT with John.
@davidaxelrod.bsky.social is floating @rahmemanuel.bsky.social as the new leader of the #democratic party. I'm not sure what is so hard about this. #thedemocrats have abandoned the working class. You can be for equal rights for everybody and pro choice and pro labor and support the working class.
November 24, 2024 at 3:43 AM
@davidaxelrod.bsky.social is floating @rahmemanuel.bsky.social as the new leader of the #democratic party. I'm not sure what is so hard about this. #thedemocrats have abandoned the working class. You can be for equal rights for everybody and pro choice and pro labor and support the working class.
@nytimes.com we know who these authors are www.nytimes.com/2024/09/13/o.... Why don't you do a piece on this and include SMEs with multiple perspectives instead of giving industry insiders a blank check?
Opinion | The U.S. Military Is Not Ready for the New Era of Warfare
It is not prepared for the fact that artificial-intelligence-powered autonomous weapons systems are changing the fundamental nature of war.
www.nytimes.com
September 22, 2024 at 1:26 PM
@nytimes.com we know who these authors are www.nytimes.com/2024/09/13/o.... Why don't you do a piece on this and include SMEs with multiple perspectives instead of giving industry insiders a blank check?
Watching #theoctapusmurders and I'm wondering how many investigations like this could benefit from #chatgpt or some other large language model.
May 2, 2024 at 2:10 AM
Watching #theoctapusmurders and I'm wondering how many investigations like this could benefit from #chatgpt or some other large language model.
@theintercept.com and @nytimes.com
I canceled my NYT sub and just donated $60 to the intercept. I have done this over the directive to control the narrative in Palestine and paint Israel in the best light possible.
I canceled my NYT sub and just donated $60 to the intercept. I have done this over the directive to control the narrative in Palestine and paint Israel in the best light possible.
April 16, 2024 at 10:18 PM
@theintercept.com and @nytimes.com
I canceled my NYT sub and just donated $60 to the intercept. I have done this over the directive to control the narrative in Palestine and paint Israel in the best light possible.
I canceled my NYT sub and just donated $60 to the intercept. I have done this over the directive to control the narrative in Palestine and paint Israel in the best light possible.
@nytimes.com I have subscribed to your digital edition off and on for years. I cannot believe that you have instructed journalists to report with such an implicit bias against Palestine. I am so disappointed. You will not get my money again until you fix this issue.
April 16, 2024 at 9:53 AM
@nytimes.com I have subscribed to your digital edition off and on for years. I cannot believe that you have instructed journalists to report with such an implicit bias against Palestine. I am so disappointed. You will not get my money again until you fix this issue.
Reposted by GivenUpTheGhost
The dumbest part isn’t thinking that the CIA could create someone successful like Taylor Swift. The dumbest part is thinking they’d use her to elect Joe Biden, instead of using her to make lots of money to fund right-wing terrorists and overthrow democratically elected governments.
January 29, 2024 at 3:36 PM
The dumbest part isn’t thinking that the CIA could create someone successful like Taylor Swift. The dumbest part is thinking they’d use her to elect Joe Biden, instead of using her to make lots of money to fund right-wing terrorists and overthrow democratically elected governments.
Reposted by GivenUpTheGhost
spotted at trump international hotel just now
January 26, 2024 at 10:41 PM
spotted at trump international hotel just now
My favorite thing is watching trump poop on the rest of the Republican candidates and still getting their endorsement. It's hilarious!
January 21, 2024 at 11:05 PM
My favorite thing is watching trump poop on the rest of the Republican candidates and still getting their endorsement. It's hilarious!